NSF Convergence Accelerator: Workshop on technological and societal hurdles facing carbon capture

该项目将组织和主办一个研讨会，以扩大学术界，工业界，州和联邦政府以及社区部门的利益相关者之间的合作，以开发碳捕获和封存作为NSF融合加速器未来主题（轨道）的潜在主题。碳捕获和封存有可能成为从大气中清除二氧化碳的努力的一个有影响力的部分。大幅度降低大气二氧化碳水平有可能减缓气候影响，为美国社会和全球社区带来好处。碳捕获和封存的许多技术障碍已在其他活动中克服或讨论。本次活动的主要价值在于吸引一系列利益相关者参与开发一个潜在的融合加速器主题，该主题考虑了CSS的风险，挑战和机遇。参与的利益相关者包括地球科学、工程和经济学研究人员、石油工业和环境管理组织的代表、政策制定者、包括部落团体在内的社区组织以及州和联邦机构。研讨会将帮助确定如何在融合加速器轨道中评估和解决与CCS相关的技术、经济、法律的、政治和社区挑战。如果选择这一轨道，就可以使多学科和多利益攸关方小组扩大试点项目，适当处理风险，解决社区关切，通过发展固碳基础设施提供强大的经济效益，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估来支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This project will organize and host a workshop to expand collaboration among stakeholders in academia, industry, state and federal government, and community sectors to develop carbon capture and sequestration as a potential topic for a future topic (track) of the NSF Convergence Accelerator. Carbon capture and sequestration has the potential to be an impactful part of efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Substantial reduction of atmospheric CO2 levels has the potential to slow climate impacts, providing benefits to U.S. society and global communities. Many of the technical hurdles to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) have been surmounted or discussed in other events. The key value of this event is engaging a range of stakeholders to develop a potential Convergence Accelerator topic that considers the risks, challenges, and opportunities of CSS. The stakeholders who will be engaged include researchers in the geosciences, engineering, and economics, representatives from the petroleum industry and environmental stewardship organizations, policymakers, community organizations including Tribal groups, and also state and federal agencies. The workshop will help define how technological, economic, legal, political, and community challenges related to CCS can be assessed and addressed in a Convergence Accelerator track. If that track were to be selected, it could allow multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder teams to expand pilot projects in ways that appropriately address risk, address community concerns, provide strong economic benefits through development of sequestration infrastructure, and have a measurable effect on atmospheric CO2.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.